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Hi, I just downloaded AntiX and installed it on my fairly new HP Pavilion p6336f. So far, everything seems fine, with one exception. The graphics card is an integrated one (Intel G43 Express) and the monitor's native resolution is 1920x1080. AntiX apparently didn't pick this up during installation, and it's giving me 1024x768, which on this wide monitor looks kind of, uh, wide.

There's a section in /etc/xorg.conf that reads:



and so on. I tried adding "1920x1080" in front of "1024x768" and rebooting, but that had no effect. Is AntiX looking somewhere else besides xorg.conf for this information?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Eddie

Search the xorg.conf file for "vesa", and replace it if you find it with "intel". It sounds like that's what you have, since vesa will provide that 1024x768 resolution, but not the one you want.

Hello PekingDuckDog,
maybe this an option to get your wanted reolution.

have a look at http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-010512.htm and follow the link to http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ , when updated xorg.config is the place to be.
Again adit as root :

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "your monitor brand"
ModelName "your model name"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30.0-see your monito specs
VertRefresh 50.0-see monito specs

and

Depth 16
Modes "1920x1080"

good luck :)

You can enter the vendor and model information above in Settings-mepis x window assistant under the monitor tab. Might be easier to try that first to see if your monitor is listed there

Welcome to MEPIS , its the best!

Ok basics first...
how much ram have you got? Your tower can hold maximum of two banks of pc 133 @ 128mb each. So hopefully you have the maximum amount of ram which is 256mb.
Sorry to tell you the computer is not very new, whoever told you it was newish was either uninformed or was feeding you a story as pc133 ram is pretty ancient. Antix should do fine.

What size and type is your monitor?

To achieve the resolution.....
the easiest way is to use sgfxi. Sgfxi will set up your resolution faster and easier than any other way. I always use sgfxi.
Go to the wiki and type in sgfxi in the searchbar or click the link below....

Click here to go to the wiki page on sgfxi

Next question is what do you have for graphics? Are you using the onboard video or do you have a pci graphics card of some sort. The best would probably be to pick up a used ati graphics card that has about 256mb of ram on the card, maybe even a 512mb card but doubt if the tower can push a bigger card without overtaxing the power supply.

The ram on the vid card will really help a set up like yours.

Whenever I pick up an older computer I check the tower model out at crucial.com to see how much ram it can use.
Older computers with pentium 3 cpu's can sometimes hold 1 or 2 gb of ram. These older computers can be very fast with the maximum amount of ram installed.
I prefer building computers but re-furbishing an older computer with ram is always a good inexpensive option.

Anyways make sure you have the maximum amount of ram. Your type of ram is not expensive at all. You need two 128mb sticks of pc133 ram. If you can buy two new sticks, this is the type you need.....

Part #: CT174497 • SDRAM, PC133 • CL=3 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 133MHz • 3.3V • 16Meg x 64

You may already know how to safely install ram but for those that don't here is a link to a good page that explains how to install ram.

Click Here to learn how to install ram in your personal computer.

then go to the wiki page I left the link to and install sgfxi. Its pretty easy.

Are you sure about that pc133 sdram / 256MB max memory bit?

The HP Pavilion p6336f doesn't look all that ancient to me: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01746799&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&product=4120604&lang=en#N1197

Kerry

I think his PC is actually pretty new.

Google gives this for specs

E5400
7 Gb PC3-6400 RAM
Mobo is a IPIEL-LA3
Onboard Intel GMA X4500 HD graphics
1 TB SATA 3G

Stevo's got the right idea. Change the vid driver in xorg.conf to intel, and bump up the res to "1920x1080". I'd also change the colour depth to "DefaultColorDepth 24".

Eddie - if you want to post your complete xorg.conf, someone here we can show exact changes required - if that helps.

EDIT - Snap Kent, posted same time I did

Ok I thought it was one of these from this LINK
It can go down to human error I suppose. my mistake.
I would still use sgfxi in any case.

Hi. I like to be awake for doing things like editing xorg.conf, so it took me a few days to reserve some time and try out the various suggestions. (I did spend too much of this weekend failing to revive a Windows setup that is in its death throes.) But I hybridized the advice from Stevo and RonnesB (the cat and the coyote!), adding the resolution like I did before, but also replacing "vesa" with "Intel" and plugging in "HP" (the monitor vendor) "w2338h" (the monitor model) and "G43" (the Intel chipset) where indicated. (I may try goosing the color depth up, but I can live with 16 just fine for now.)

Eadwine Rose, I couldn't find the Mepis X-windows Assistant. Is that somewhere in the menu? Under "Settings", I have "Focus" (and something called "Sloppy Mouse Focus") and I have a whole bunch of "Themes", but nothing else.

And everybody - thanks for the kind welcome!! I'm burning with curiosity about why the Iceape spell checker defaulted to Guatemalan Spanish, but that and whatever other questions I have might want to wait.

Eddie in Connecticut

(Edited to add that it works real great now! I did attain the desired 1920x1080 resolution, but, uh, forgot to tell you all that.... The Windows server must have punched more holes in my brain than I thought.)

AntiX might not have the Mepis X-Windows Assistant (and even if it does there's a good chance its in a different location in the menus than where its at in Mepis 8.5)

{If you use sgfxi with its -z option it should detect your display and its settings}